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Nepal: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

29.55percent · 2025+2.7% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Nepal from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202529.554
202429.424
202329.292
202229.174
202129.108
202029.07
201929.414
201829.493
201729.371
201629.157
201528.774
201428.295
201327.832
201227.35
201126.787
201026.166
200925.571
200825.027
200724.558
200624.163
200523.805
200423.487
200323.207
200222.957
200122.712
200022.48
199922.287
199822.119
199721.998
199621.947
199521.966
199421.99
199321.997
199221.935
199121.825
199021.761

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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